Art of applying decorative coatings



Patented Mar. '2, 1 926. v

RALPH E.

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To all 'wlwm it may concern:

Be it known that I, RALPH E. BATEMAN, a

citizen of the United, States of America, re-' sid' at Dayton, count of Mont omer 6 anfitate of Ohio, havz invented certai ri new and. useful Improvements in the Art of A plying Decorative Coatin s, of which the fo lowing. is a full, clear, an exact description.

1 This invention relates to the art of ap glyingpaint coatings to surfaces, especially Th ecorative coatings to metal surfaces.

An object of this invention is to provide a simple andinexpensive method of ap lyin a paint coating to a surface to pro uce a desired rough finish'such as a ebble, imi tation leather, egg shell, or ot er similar finish. Another object is to provide a simple method of producing such a finish in two or more colors.

Another object is to provide'a method of reducing the tendency of the sputtered rough coating to flow out smooth while drying, thus greatly increasing the coarseness of the roughcoating which may be obtained by this invention.

. Further objects will be apparent from the following detailed description of the invention. It is not thought that the invention can be aptly illustrated b drawings.

The material used for orming the rough, irregular, or what willherein be termed the spatter coating may be any rapid drying 5 paint mixture of suc will pass through the atomizing device used in relatively large globules and form a spatter efi'ect u on the.surface,being coated. A

kind of paint well known under the trade 40 name of Duco is particularlysuitable for use in the method of this inven n'as it des not have to be mixed with anyadditional material to produce good results. 'Of

course, however, the degree of coarseness of" the spatter coating may be varied by thin ning out the 'paint mixture with any suitable ra id drier. Another paint mixture \WhlCh as been used with success in the .method of this invention is an approxi-. mately half and half mixture of paint color ground in japan and a .quick drier known under the trade name of Fibroseal. Also a half and half mixture of color ground in law and ha hazard pattern. The coarseness a consistency that it Barium, or DAYTON, 01110.

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Application filed February 4, 1924. .Serlal No. 890,658.

japan and; Viscolac gives good results. These two materials are well mixed to form a paste which is only fluid enough to go through the atomizing device used and form a spatter effect upon the :surface to be coated. For forming a very'coarse spatter coating a thicker paste is usedand I the atomizing device isadjusted ;ac-' cordingly to permit the passage of larger globules of paste therethrough.

e atomizing device used in this invention may be any suitable, and well 05 known form of air brush commonly used for applying smooth coats of paint or varnish by spraying out a fine spray of the paint or,

varnish u on the surface'to be coated therew1th"unt1 the entire surface is covered withmethod of'this invention, however, the. air brush should be adjusted to permit a freer passage for the paint mixture therethrough in order that relatively large globules of thick paint mixtuiemay ass through and be deposited upon the sur ace to be coated. course these globules are deposited upon the surface in a very irreguof the glo ules may be adjusted to give a pebble, leather, egg shell, or mat finish or any degree thereof. It has been found preferable in most cases to apply a priming coating to the surface and permit it to dry be-. fore the application of the above-described spatter coating.

The surface upon which the spatter coating is applied should preferably be in a substantially horizontal position in order to reduce the tendency of the deposited globules to flow by gravity over the surface while dr ing and thus become distorted. The quic drying property of the mixture causes the globules to become so viscous immediately after being deposited that they 7 will not melt away as is the case with ordinary paints and varnishes but will dry in the form of globules substantial] as they are first deposited. When app yin the coating to small articles such as um rella handles, brushes, hand mirrors, lamps, small containers, or any small article where it is desired to finish the entire article without waiting for one surface of the article to dr before applying to another surface thereo ,70 a smooth regularcoat. When used in the this invention contemplates revolving the article about a substantially horizontal axis at a s eed which will revent the globules from owing down an becoming distorted by ravity. In the case of substantially cylind rical articles, the articles may be revolved upon their own axis at quite a rapid rate since in this case the globules will not be im elled by centrifugal force to move latera y over the cylindrical surface.

' When it is desired to give a mottled two color coatin to a surface, the first spatter coating of t e desired base color is applled in the manner above described and perm1t ted to dry. The second coating of the desired different color may then be applied on top of the spatter coating by an ordinary brush or rubbed on with a iece of cloth so that the second color is we applied to the low surfaces or valleys in the spatter coating. The second color is easily removed from the high surfaces of the spatter coating while it is still wet by rubbing with a cloth, or by any other easily devised method, thus exposing the first color at all the high areas. It is thus obvious that a two color irregularly mottled coating may be applied to an originally smooth surface by means of aint without having to roughen the surace itself in any way.

While the process as herein disclosed, constitutes a preferred form of the invention, it is to be understood that other forms might be adopted, all coming within the scope of the claims which follow.

What is claimed is as follows:

1. The method of coatin metal surfaces comprising: first priming t e surface to be coated with a priming coating, then applying a rapid drying paint mlxture to said surface by means of an air brush, said mixture being of such consistency that it flows from the air brush in globules and forms a ebble effect upon said surface, and then rying said last coating before it has sufficient time to become smooth.

2. The method of coating metal surfaces comprising: first priming the surface to be coated with a priming coating, then applying a rapid drying paint mixture to said surface by blowing relatively large globules of said mixture onto sai surface with an atomizing device, and then permitting said globules to dry quickly, whereby said surface retains a' permanently roughened irregular coating of paint.

3. The method of coatingsurfaces comprising: applying a rapid drying paint mixture to said surface by means of an air brush, said mixture being of such consistency that it flows from the air brush in globules and forms a pebble effect upon said surface, and then drying said coating before it has sufficient time to become smooth.

4. The method of coating surfaces comprising: applying a rapid drying paint mixture to said surface b blowing relatively large globules of said mixture onto said surface with an atomizing device, and then permitting said globules to dry quickly, whereby said surface retains a permanently roughened irregular coating of aint.

5. The method of applying paint upon a surface to give an imitation eather effect 7 comprising: applying a ra id drying paint mixture to said surface by ilowing globules of said mixture thereon with an atomizing device, and then permitting said mixture to dry quickly, whereby said surface retains a permanent y irregular coating of paint. 6. The method of applying paint upon a surface to give an imitation leather effect comprising: first applying a base coating to said surface, then applying a rapid drying paint mixture to said surface by blowing globules of said mixture thereon with an atomizing device, and then permitting said mixture to dry quickly, whereby said surface retains a permanently irregular coating of paint.

7. The method of giving surfaces a mottled two-color coating comprising: first applying a smooth priming coating, then applying a rapid drying thick paint mixture by blowing globules of said mixture onto said surface with an atomizing device, permitting said last coating to dry quickly to give a roughened surface, and then applying a coating of a different color and rubbing said last coating down while wet to remove said last coating from the high surfaces of the rough coating.

8. The method of giving surfaces a mottled two-color coating comprising: applying a rapid drying thick paint mixture by blowing globules of said mixture onto said surface with an atomizing device, permitting said coating to dry quickly to give a roughened surface, and then applying a coating of a different color and rubbing said last coating down while wet to remove said last coating from the high surfaces of the rough coating.

9. The method of applying paint to surfaces including: applying a rapid drying thick paint mixture by blowing globules of said mixture onto a surface, permitting said applied aint to dry quickly before the globules have time to flow out and for-m a smooth coating, then applying a coating of different colored paint over the rough globules thus formed and removing the second coating from the high spots on the rough globules.

10. The method of coating a surface including: applying a rapid drying thick paint mixture b blowing globules of said paint onto a sur ace and changing the augular position of the surface relative to the 1 horizontal while said lobules are dryi to face about a non-vertical axis while said reduce the tendency o the globules to fiow globules are drying to reduce 'the tendency out and become smooth while drying. of the globules to flow out and become 10 11. The method of coating a surface insmooth while in a fluid state.

5 cludingzepplying a rapid drying thick In testimony whereof I hereto afiix my paint mixture by blowing globules of said signature. paint onto a surface and revolving said sur- E. BATEMAN. 

